If you really wanted to fight you should fight for your own country surely.

You may first want to learn to appreciate the culture and nation beyond the Anime and Manga. Achieve this thoroughly and you might subsequently be enlightened enough to realize that war against any nation shouldn't be something spoken of lightly.

Hypothetically, if you were to go to war with China, you would potentially be put in the position to take a human life. This hypothetical person that you are about to kill is fighting for his or her nation. He or she may not agree with their government or military, despite their loyalty thereof. Nevertheless, they would be obligated to act as ordered. They would have family; children. In another lifetime, regardless of nationality or ethnicity, they could have been your friend. And you would have killed him or her, because you wanted to be a part of the nation... that brought you Anime and Manga...

That may not have been what you intended to express in your initial statement, but that's how it came across to me. It's not that Japan isn't worth protecting. But to involve yourself in someone else's war essentially for the sake of cultural enthusiasm seems like a ridiculous thing to suggest.

You still didn't explain why you would be particularly willing to fight against China.

Pretty much like in any country you would not be able to join the armed forces unless you're a citizen so it's not like this scenario is even plausible anyway. And during a time of war I doubt they'd be too keen on idiot foreigners turning up wanting to play soldier.

To people who don't know what a weaboo is, please read the first post again. THAT'S A WEABOO.

This whole thread is a joke right?

I would fight to defend my home and family.
My home and family just happens to be in Japan, so I guess the answer would be yes.
I would not fight in an offensive war, no matter the reason.

If you have to fight for something, fight to protect what matters most to you in the world.
Surely there is something more important - like home and family - than anime, manga, and the culture of a country you do not even live in.

Hell to the no. If it's not my battle - then I'm not going to fight it.

I think that if an American joins the armed forces of another country, they lose their citizenship. Someone tell me if I'm right. I read it in a book years ago so it may have changed. Also, yes...this is a weaboo...fighting to protect anime and manga? damnit you silly sod, 30,000 children die every day from hunger. Think about that for a while.

Being an English girl who is genetically Japanese, I would not enlist in Japan's army. Its another country, come on. Now if the UK joined in then depending on the cause of the war and what was at stake, I would decide then about my actions toward joining the Royal Navy.

I think it generally stands for any country that to enlist in their military then one must have that nation's citizenship. So it's not so much about losing American citizenship as it is gaining Japanese citizenship, if that makes sense. Same principle, different angle.

Perhaps I'm mistaken.

But as a British citizen Kyoko just needs to gain Japanese citizenship which she could very possibly do since she is "genetically" Japanese (There is no such thing as being genetically Japanese but yeah.. I understand she means having Japanese ancestry).

She can also fight in the Japanese military without renouncing her British citizenship. It is not unheard of to hear of British nationals who fight for Canada, Australia and New Zealand and vice versa as they are also citizens of Canada Australia and New Zealand too. (That could of course just extend to countries that used to be in the Empire though.)

In the end it just depends on the laws of your country.